Statistics for Eight of the World’s Most Expensive Foods

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Price	Hint	Answer	% Correct
$3,200 - $4,500 per pound	This delicacy is the pickled roe of the sturgeon fish.	Caviar	91%
$1,030 - $1,286 per pound	These highly esteemed fungi are found in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy.	White Truffle	83%
$1500 per pound	This spice is the vivid crimson stigma from a crocus flower, and is used as a coloring agent in food.	Saffron	72%
$50 per pound	This controversial delicacy is a pâté made from duck or goose liver that has been fattened.	Foie Gras	67%
$36-$54 per dozen	Over fishing and pollution has made this mollusk rare and this has bumped up its value.	Oysters	59%
$110 per pound	This prized beef comes from any of four different breeds of Japanese cow raised to strict standards in the prefecture of Hyogo.	Kobe Beef	57%
$87 per pound	This meat product produced in Spain and Portugal, comes from free range pigs fed exclusively on a diet of acorns before butchering.	Iberico Ham	24%
$350 per pound	Coffee beans eaten, partly digested and then defecated by this animal makes for a very expensive cup of Joe.	Civet Coffee	20%

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